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Stephen M. Fallon, professor of liberal studies and English at the University of Notre Dame, is co-editor of “The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton,” a new book that celebrates the genius of the 17th-century English poet…

Sabine G. MacCormack, Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded two American Historical Association (AHA) book prizes for “On the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain and Peru”…

The digitally-rendered cinematic translation of “Beowulf,” one of the oldest surviving poems in the English language, points to the epic’s timeless themes of heroic adventure and its moving portrayal of both glory and the cost of heroism, says English Professor Katherine O’Brien-O’Keeffe…

Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C., professor of political science and director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame, has been recognized as an outstanding teacher with a Crystal Apple Award from Michigan State University’s College of Education.

The Swedish city of Uppsala has announced it will award Notre Dame professor Peter Wallensteen a 2007 honorary medal “for his commitment to peace and peace research, which has generated appreciation and respect nationally and internationally.”

Current polls tell us that Sen. Hillary Clinton clearly is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, and Rudy Giuliani has taken the lead among Republican candidates. But with a year to go before elections, can we be sure that these will be the two names on the ballot for president?

The University of Notre Dame has the sixth-highest percentage among American research universities of students participating in study abroad programs, according to a recently released report from the Institute of International Education (IIE).

Televangelist Pat Robertson’s recent endorsement of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for president is “curious for a number of reasons,” according to Mark A. Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History…

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, will speak on “Catholicism and Islam: Points of Convergence and Divergence, Encounter and Cooperation” at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 (Thursday)…

The University of Notre Dame will observe International Education Week (IEW) with a host of events to be held on campus Nov. 11 to 18 (Sunday to Sunday), including a keynote lecture Nov. 15 by Robert Einterz, director of the Indiana University Kenya Partnership.

Poets Michael Heller and Hank Lazer will present a joint reading as part of the Duffy Lecture Nov. 14 (Wednesday) at 4:30 p.m. in the Hesburgh Center auditorium and 7 p.m. in the hospitality room of the South Dining Hall.

The 41st annual Notre Dame Literary Festival will take place throughout November at the University and will feature a diverse group of award-winning guest authors in a series of workshops and readings in venues across campus.

Jonathan Schell, whose bestselling book “The Fate of the Earth” is credited with launching the movement to abolish nuclear weapons, will speak at 4:15 p.m. Nov. 13 (Tuesday) in the Hesburgh Center auditorium…

The Department of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) will present Tony Kushner’s “A Bright Room Called Day” from Nov. 13 to 16 (Tuesday to Friday) at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 18 (Sunday) at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in the Decio Mainstage Theatre…

Gordon Clark, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at Oxford University and director of the Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE), will give the 2007 Nanovic Distinguished European Lecture on “The Carbon Footprint of the Modern Corporation: A European Perspective”…

Four University of Notre Dame graduates?including Arts and Letters alumni Daniel Lungren, Barry Ryan, and Aaron Taylor?will be honored by the Notre Dame Alumni Association during ceremonies on campus in November.

Sister Jean Lenz, O.S.F., assistant vice president for student affairs at the University of Notre Dame, and the late Rev. Anthony J. “Tony” Lauck, C.S.C., professor of art at Notre Dame, will have their names added to the University’s Wall of Honor on Thursday (Nov.1)…

Kristin Shrader-Frechette, F.J. and H.M. O’Neill Professor of Philosophy and concurrent professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected by Catholic Digest magazine as one of 12 “heroes for America”…

Rev. Virgilio P. Elizondo, Notre Dame Professor of Pastoral and Hispanic Theology, will receive the 2007 Community of Christ International Peace Award for his work in advocating full inclusion and justice for immigrants…

“Dissonances: Democratic Critiques of Democracy,” by Guillermo O’Donnell, Helen Kellogg Professor of Political Science and fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame, was recently published by the University of Notre Dame Press.